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Kate DiCamillo is an American author renowned for her children's literature. Her works are known for their warmth, humor, and profound emotional depth, making them highly popular with readers. Born on March 25, 1964, DiCamillo's writing career began in the field of children's literature and has since expanded into adult literature.

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“Despereaux was reading the story out loud to himself. He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end...”

Reading Despereaux

Book:The Tale of Despereaux

Source: The Tale of Despereaux

“Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them and to let their kids see them reading books for their own pleasure.”

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Author:Kate DiCamillo

“I think, oh my god, kids are reading, and they care about a book enough to come over and talk to me about a book that they care about. If I think about it as being a celebrity, it would freak me out. But I just think, lucky me, that I get to be a part of this whole thing.”

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Author:Kate DiCamillo

“Reading is my passion.”

Passion Reading My Passion

Author:Kate DiCamillo

“I think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education.”

Thinking Reading Illumination Solace

Author:Kate DiCamillo

“Reading might not be the way that the child engages with the world, but it should be something that they all learn how to do, and that they get to have for themselves, as opposed to somebody telling them what to do and how to do it.”

World Way Should Children Might Reading

Author:Kate DiCamillo

“He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end, where the reader was assured that the knight and the fair maiden lived together happily ever after.”

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Book:The Essential Kate DiCamillo Collection

Source: The Essential Kate DiCamillo Collection

“And so he was reading the story as if it were a spell and the words of it, spoken aloud, could make magic happen.”

Ifs Stories Happens Reading Magic Spells

Book:The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

Source: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.”

“I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.”

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Author:Kate DiCamillo

“I want to remind people of the great and profound joy that can be found in stories, and that stories can connect us to each other, and that reading together changes everybody involved.”

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Author:Kate DiCamillo

“It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading is for them to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.”

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Author:Kate DiCamillo

“I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.”

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Author:Kate DiCamillo

About the Author

Born: March 25, 1964
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 299

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